| fermata | (noun) (music) a prolongation of unspecified length on a note or chord or rest | - |
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| (noun) a musical notation (over a note or chord or rest) that indicates it is to be prolonged by an unspecified amount | - |
| ferment | (noun) a process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances; especially, the anaerobic breakdown of sugar into alcohol | Synonyms: fermentation, fermenting, zymolysis, zymosis |
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| (noun) a state of agitation or turbulent change or development | Synonyms: agitation, fermentation, tempestuousness, unrest |
| (noun) a substance capable of bringing about fermentation | - |
| (verb) go sour or spoil | Synonyms: sour, turn, work |
| (verb) cause to undergo fermentation | Synonyms: work |
| (verb) work up into agitation or excitement | - |
| (verb) be in an agitated or excited state | - |
| fermentable | (adjective) capable of being fermented | - |
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| fermentation | (noun) a process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances; especially, the anaerobic breakdown of sugar into alcohol | Synonyms: ferment, fermenting, zymolysis, zymosis |
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| (noun) a state of agitation or turbulent change or development | Synonyms: agitation, ferment, tempestuousness, unrest |
| fermenting | (noun) a process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances; especially, the anaerobic breakdown of sugar into alcohol | Synonyms: ferment, fermentation, zymolysis, zymosis |
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| fermentologist | (noun) a specialist in wine making | Synonyms: enologist, oenologist |
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| fermi | (noun) a metric unit of length equal to one quadrillionth of a meter | Synonyms: femtometer, femtometre |
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| fermion | (noun) any particle that obeys Fermi-Dirac statistics and is subject to the Pauli exclusion principle | - |
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| fermium | (noun) a radioactive transuranic metallic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons | Synonyms: atomic number 100, Fm |
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| filiform | (adjective) thin in diameter; resembling a thread | Synonyms: filamentlike, filamentous, threadlike, thready |
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| fingermark | (noun) a smudge made by a (dirty) finger | Synonyms: fingerprint |
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| firearm | (noun) a portable gun | Synonyms: piece, small-arm |
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| firestorm | (noun) an outburst of controversy | - |
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| (noun) a storm in which violent winds are drawn into the column of hot air rising over a severely bombed area | - |
| firm | (adjective) unwavering in devotion to friend or vow or cause | Synonyms: fast, loyal, truehearted |
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| (adjective) securely fixed in place | Synonyms: fast, immobile |
| (adjective) strong and sure | Synonyms: strong |
| (adjective) not soft or yielding to pressure | Synonyms: solid |
| (adjective) possessing the tone and resiliency of healthy tissue | - |
| (adjective) marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable | Synonyms: steadfast, steady, stiff, unbendable, unfaltering, unshakable, unwavering |
| (adjective) securely established | - |
| (adjective) not subject to revision or change | - |
| (adjective) (of especially a person's physical features) not shaking or trembling | - |
| (adjective) not liable to fluctuate or especially to fall | Synonyms: steady, unfluctuating |
| (noun) the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments | Synonyms: business firm, house |
| (adverb) with resolute determination | Synonyms: firmly, steadfastly, unwaveringly |
| (verb) become taut or tauter | Synonyms: tauten |
| (verb) make taut or tauter | Synonyms: tauten |
| firmament | (noun) the apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected | Synonyms: celestial sphere, empyrean, heavens, sphere, vault of heaven, welkin |
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| firmamental | (adjective) relating to the firmament or upper regions | - |
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| firmly | (adverb) with firmness | Synonyms: hard |
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| (adverb) with resolute determination | Synonyms: firm, steadfastly, unwaveringly |
| (adverb) in a secure manner; in a manner free from danger | Synonyms: securely |
| firmness | (noun) the quality of being steady or securely and immovably fixed in place | Synonyms: steadiness |
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| (noun) the trait of being resolute | Synonyms: firmness of purpose, resoluteness, resolution, resolve |
| (noun) the property of being unyielding to the touch | - |
| (noun) the muscle tone of healthy tissue | Synonyms: soundness |
| firmware | (noun) (computer science) coded instructions that are stored permanently in read-only memory | Synonyms: microcode |
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| fisherman | (noun) someone whose occupation is catching fish | Synonyms: fisher |
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| fishworm | (noun) terrestrial worm that burrows into and helps aerate soil; often surfaces when the ground is cool or wet; used as bait by anglers | Synonyms: angleworm, crawler, dew worm, earthworm, fishing worm, nightcrawler, nightwalker, red worm, wiggler |
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| flatworm | (noun) parasitic or free-living worms having a flattened body | Synonyms: platyhelminth |
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| fluoroform | (noun) colorless gas haloform CHF3 (similar to chloroform) | Synonyms: trifluoromethane |
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| forearm | (noun) the part of the superior limb between the elbow and the wrist | - |
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| (verb) arm in advance of a confrontation | - |
| forevermore | (adverb) at any future time; in the future | Synonyms: evermore |
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| form | (noun) the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance | Synonyms: shape |
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| (noun) a life-size dummy used to display clothes | Synonyms: manakin, manikin, mannequin, mannikin |
| (noun) a mold for setting concrete | - |
| (noun) the visual appearance of something or someone | Synonyms: cast, shape |
| (noun) any spatial attributes (especially as defined by outline) | Synonyms: configuration, conformation, contour, shape |
| (noun) an ability to perform well | - |
| (noun) a particular mode in which something is manifested | - |
| (noun) alternative names for the body of a human being | Synonyms: anatomy, bod, build, chassis, figure, flesh, frame, human body, material body, physical body, physique, shape, soma |
| (noun) a perceptual structure | Synonyms: pattern, shape |
| (noun) a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality | Synonyms: kind, sort, variety |
| (noun) the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something | Synonyms: descriptor, signifier, word form |
| (noun) a printed document with spaces in which to write | - |
| (noun) an arrangement of the elements in a composition or discourse | - |
| (noun) a body of students who are taught together | Synonyms: class, course, grade |
| (noun) (biology) a group of organisms within a species that differ in trivial ways from similar groups | Synonyms: strain, var., variant |
| (noun) (physical chemistry) a distinct state of matter in a system; matter that is identical in chemical composition and physical state and separated from other material by the phase boundary | Synonyms: phase |
| (verb) give shape or form to | Synonyms: shape |
| (verb) assume a form or shape | - |
| (verb) make something, usually for a specific function | Synonyms: forge, mold, mould, shape, work |
| (verb) create (as an entity) | Synonyms: organise, organize |
| (verb) establish or impress firmly in the mind | Synonyms: imprint |
| (verb) to compose or represent | Synonyms: constitute, make |
| (verb) develop into a distinctive entity | Synonyms: spring, take form, take shape |
| formal | (adjective) being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress) | - |
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| (adjective) (of spoken and written language) adhering to traditional standards of correctness and without casual, contracted, and colloquial forms | - |
| (adjective) refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a royal court | Synonyms: courtly, stately |
| (adjective) logically deductive | - |
| (adjective) represented in simplified or symbolic form | Synonyms: conventional, schematic |
| (adjective) characteristic of or befitting a person in authority | - |
| (noun) a gown for evening wear | Synonyms: dinner dress, dinner gown, evening gown |
| (noun) a lavish dance requiring formal attire | Synonyms: ball |
| formaldehyde | (noun) a colorless poisonous gas; made by the oxidation of methanol | Synonyms: methanal |
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| formalin | (noun) a 10% solution of formaldehyde in water; used as a disinfectant or to preserve biological specimens | Synonyms: formol |
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| formalisation | (noun) the act of making formal (as by stating formal rules governing classes of expressions) | Synonyms: formalization |
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| formalise | (verb) make formal or official | Synonyms: formalize |
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| (verb) declare or make legally valid | Synonyms: formalize, validate |
| formalised | (adjective) concerned with or characterized by rigorous adherence to recognized forms (especially in religion or art) | Synonyms: formalistic, formalized |
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| (adjective) given formal standing or endorsement; made official or legitimate by the observance of proper procedures | Synonyms: formalized |
| formalism | (noun) the practice of scrupulous adherence to prescribed or external forms | - |
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| (noun) (philosophy) the philosophical theory that formal (logical or mathematical) statements have no meaning but that its symbols (regarded as physical entities) exhibit a form that has useful applications | - |
| (noun) the doctrine that formal structure rather than content is what should be represented | - |
| formalistic | (adjective) concerned with or characterized by rigorous adherence to recognized forms (especially in religion or art) | Synonyms: formalised, formalized |
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| formalities | (noun) a requirement of etiquette or custom | Synonyms: formality |
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| formality | (noun) compliance with formal rules | - |
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| (noun) a manner that strictly observes all forms and ceremonies | Synonyms: formalness |
| (noun) a requirement of etiquette or custom | Synonyms: formalities |
| formalization | (noun) the act of making formal (as by stating formal rules governing classes of expressions) | Synonyms: formalisation |
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| formalize | (verb) make formal or official | Synonyms: formalise |
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| (verb) declare or make legally valid | Synonyms: formalise, validate |
| formalized | (adjective) concerned with or characterized by rigorous adherence to recognized forms (especially in religion or art) | Synonyms: formalised, formalistic |
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| (adjective) given formal standing or endorsement; made official or legitimate by the observance of proper procedures | Synonyms: formalised |
| formally | (adverb) in a formal manner | - |
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| (adverb) with official authorization | Synonyms: officially |
| formalness | (noun) a manner that strictly observes all forms and ceremonies | Synonyms: formality |
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| formalwear | (noun) attire to wear on formal occasions in the evening | Synonyms: evening clothes, evening dress, eveningwear |
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| format | (noun) the general appearance of a publication | - |
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| (noun) the organization of information according to preset specifications (usually for computer processing) | Synonyms: data format, data formatting, formatting |
| (verb) divide (a disk) into marked sectors so that it may store data | Synonyms: initialise, initialize |
| (verb) determine the arrangement of (data) for storage and display (in computer science) | - |
| (verb) set (printed matter) into a specific format | Synonyms: arrange |
| formation | (noun) the act of fabricating something in a particular shape | Synonyms: shaping |
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| (noun) the act of forming or establishing something | Synonyms: constitution, establishment, organisation, organization |
| (noun) creation by mental activity | - |
| (noun) a particular spatial arrangement | - |
| (noun) an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit | - |
| (noun) (geology) the geological features of the earth | Synonyms: geological formation |
| (noun) natural process that causes something to form | - |
| formative | (adjective) forming or capable of forming or molding or fashioning | Synonyms: plastic, shaping |
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| (adjective) capable of forming new cells and tissues | - |
| (noun) minimal language unit that has a syntactic (or morphological) function | - |
| formatting | (noun) the organization of information according to preset specifications (usually for computer processing) | Synonyms: data format, data formatting, format |
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| formed | (adjective) having or given a form or shape | - |
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| former | (adjective) referring to the first of two things or persons mentioned (or the earlier one or ones of several) | - |
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| (adjective) belonging to the distant past | Synonyms: early, other |
| (adjective) belonging to some prior time | Synonyms: erstwhile, old, one-time, onetime, quondam, sometime |
| (adjective) (used especially of persons) of the immediate past | Synonyms: late, previous |
| (noun) the first of two or the first mentioned of two | - |
| formerly | (adverb) at a previous time | Synonyms: at one time, erst, erstwhile, once |
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| formic | (adjective) of or containing or derived from formic acid | - |
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| (adjective) of or relating to or derived from ants | - |
| formicary | (noun) a mound of earth made by ants as they dig their nest | Synonyms: anthill |
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| formicate | (verb) crawl about like ants | - |
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| formication | (noun) hallucinated sensation that insects or snakes are crawling over the skin; a common side-effect of extensive use of cocaine or amphetamines | - |
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| formidability | (noun) impressive difficulty | Synonyms: toughness |
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| formidable | (adjective) inspiring fear | Synonyms: redoubtable, unnerving |
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| (adjective) extremely impressive in strength or excellence | - |
| formidably | (adverb) in a formidable manner | - |
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| formless | (adjective) having no physical form | - |
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| (adjective) having no definite form or distinct shape | Synonyms: amorphous, shapeless |
| formlessly | (adverb) in a formless manner | - |
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| formol | (noun) a 10% solution of formaldehyde in water; used as a disinfectant or to preserve biological specimens | Synonyms: formalin |
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| formula | (noun) something regarded as a normative example | Synonyms: convention, normal, pattern, rule |
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| (noun) (mathematics) a standard procedure for solving a class of mathematical problems | Synonyms: rule |
| (noun) a group of symbols that make a mathematical statement | Synonyms: expression |
| (noun) a conventionalized statement expressing some fundamental principle | - |
| (noun) directions for making something | Synonyms: recipe |
| (noun) a representation of a substance using symbols for its constituent elements | Synonyms: chemical formula |
| (noun) a liquid food for infants | - |
| formulaic | (adjective) characterized by or in accordance with some formula | - |
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| formularise | (verb) express as a formula | Synonyms: formularize |
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| formularize | (verb) express as a formula | Synonyms: formularise |
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| formulary | (adjective) of or relating to or of the nature of a formula | - |
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| (noun) (pharmacology) a book containing a compilation of pharmaceutical products with their formulas and methods of preparation | Synonyms: pharmacopeia |
| formulate | (verb) put into words or an expression | Synonyms: articulate, give voice, phrase, word |
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| (verb) elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses | Synonyms: develop, explicate |
| (verb) come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort | Synonyms: contrive, devise, excogitate, forge, invent |
| (verb) prepare according to a formula | - |
| formulated | (adjective) devised; developed according to an orderly plan | - |
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| formulation | (noun) inventing or contriving an idea or explanation and formulating it mentally | Synonyms: conceptualisation, conceptualization |
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| (noun) the style of expressing yourself | Synonyms: expression |
| (noun) a substance prepared according to a formula | Synonyms: preparation |
| furthermore | (adverb) denoting additional information | Synonyms: in addition, moreover, what is more |
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| furthermost | (adjective) (comparatives of `far') most remote in space or time or order | Synonyms: farthermost, farthest, furthest, utmost, uttermost |
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| fusiform | (adjective) tapering at each end | Synonyms: cigar-shaped, spindle-shaped |
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| garment | (noun) an article of clothing | - |
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| (verb) provide with clothes or put clothes on | Synonyms: apparel, clothe, dress, enclothe, fit out, garb, habilitate, raiment, tog |
| garmented | (adjective) dressed or clothed especially in fine attire; often used in combination | Synonyms: appareled, attired, dressed, garbed, habilimented, robed |
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| garmentless | (adjective) possessing no clothing | Synonyms: clothesless, raimentless |
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| garmentmaker | (noun) a person who makes garments | Synonyms: dressmaker, garment-worker, garment worker |
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| gearmotor | (noun) a motor combined with a set of speed-reducing gears. | - |
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| gendarme | (noun) a French policeman | - |
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| gendarmerie | (noun) French police force; a group of gendarmes or gendarmes collectively | Synonyms: gendarmery |
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| gendarmery | (noun) French police force; a group of gendarmes or gendarmes collectively | Synonyms: gendarmerie |
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| geothermal | (adjective) of or relating to the heat in the interior of the earth | Synonyms: geothermic |
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| geothermally | (adverb) by means of heat from the interior of the earth | - |
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| geothermic | (adjective) of or relating to the heat in the interior of the earth | Synonyms: geothermal |
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| germ | (noun) a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use | Synonyms: bug, microbe |
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| (noun) a small apparently simple structure (as a fertilized egg) from which new tissue can develop into a complete organism | - |
| (noun) anything that provides inspiration for later work | Synonyms: seed, source |
| germander | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Teucrium | - |
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| germane | (adjective) relevant and appropriate | - |
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| germaneness | (noun) pertinence by virtue of a close relation to the matter at hand | - |
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| germanite | (noun) a rare reddish-grey mineral consisting of a copper iron germanium sulfide | - |
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| germanium | (noun) a brittle grey crystalline element that is a semiconducting metalloid (resembling silicon) used in transistors; occurs in germanite and argyrodite | Synonyms: atomic number 32, Ge |
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| germfree | (adjective) free from germs or pathogenic organisms; sterile | - |
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| germicidal | (adjective) preventing infection by inhibiting the growth or action of microorganisms | Synonyms: bactericidal, disinfectant |
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| germicide | (noun) an agent (as heat or radiation or a chemical) that destroys microorganisms that might carry disease | Synonyms: antimicrobial, antimicrobic, disinfectant |
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| germinal | (adjective) containing seeds of later development | Synonyms: originative, seminal |
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| germinate | (verb) produce buds, branches, or germinate | Synonyms: bourgeon, burgeon forth, pullulate, shoot, sprout, spud |
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| (verb) cause to grow or sprout | - |
| (verb) work out | Synonyms: develop, evolve |
| germination | (noun) the origin of some development | - |
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| (noun) the process whereby seeds or spores sprout and begin to grow | Synonyms: sprouting |
| germy | (adjective) full of germs or pathological microorganisms | - |
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| glowworm | (noun) the luminous larva or wingless grub-like female of a firefly | - |
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| gormandise | (verb) overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself | Synonyms: binge, englut, engorge, glut, gorge, gormandize, gourmandize, ingurgitate, overeat, overgorge, overindulge, pig out, satiate, scarf out, stuff |
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| gormandize | (verb) overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself | Synonyms: binge, englut, engorge, glut, gorge, gormandise, gourmandize, ingurgitate, overeat, overgorge, overindulge, pig out, satiate, scarf out, stuff |
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| gormless | (adjective) (British informal) lacking intelligence and vitality | Synonyms: gaumless |
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| gourmand | (noun) a person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess | Synonyms: glutton, gourmandizer, trencherman |
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| gourmandism | (noun) the disposition and habits of a gourmand | - |
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